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Mercedes-Benz GLE 350 2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin ELW-167LCU · NHTSA communication 10217141 · issued Jul 29, 2022

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Exterior Lighting
component
2020
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Mercedes-Benz AG (â MBAGâ ), the manufacturer of Mercedes-Benz vehicles, has extended the warranty on the lighting control unit from the original New Vehicle Limited Warranty of 4 years/50,000 miles to 25 years/unlimited miles on certain Model Year (â MYâ ) 2020 GLE-Class (167 Platform) vehicles. This extended limited warranty applies to the servicing and/or replacement of the lighting control unit under the standard warranty terms and conditions in the event the left exterior backup lamp remains illuminated even though the reverse gear of the vehicleâ s transmission is no longer selected.

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.